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| Name: | Brownley Hill |
| Hill number: | 3596 |
| Height: | 533.6m / 1751ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2714 Burnhope Seat |
| County/UA: | Northumberland |
| Topographical area: | EP01 Crossfell-micklefell |
| SMC/RHB section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | North Pennines - Eastern Fells |
| Catchment: | Tyne (Newcastle) |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Dewey (Tu,5,Dew) |
| Grid ref: | NY 80228 50677 |
| Summit feature: | rock 19m W of trig pillar |
| Drop: | 31.4m |
| Col: | 502.2m NY 8060 5009  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 86 87 (1:25k) OL43E |
| Observations: | trig point is at NY 80246 50678 |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 88 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Pleasant stroll from the gate. With B. | jenx | 23/10/2023 |
| A quick bag from the gate. | robertphillips | 10/09/2023 |
| As others parked by gate. Track through rocks and along above them. | chrisbien | 25/11/2022 |
| Relatively pleasant walk, thanks to a path and some rock. From NW. | Wycombe Wanderer | 28/08/2022 |
| 1 x verge parking opposite 8ft galvanised gate, just N of road HP (NY797513). Through gate, no track, only a faint FP up to band of rocks go straight up through these to ATV track immediately on top of them curls around easily, R, to trig. Intercepted by a line of beaters crossing my return leg no aggro, was just asked to stay put for 5 minutes whilst their line worked through. | Isbjorn | 12/08/2022 |
| Beautiful early evening, several plovers as well as lapwings, curlews. Great views, very clear. | Nick Canute | 28/05/2022 |
| Short walk from high point on minor road. Brief snow shower. | RobertP | 08/04/2022 |
| From road to W. Verge parking next to gate at NY 797 510. A feint track goes just N of E straight to the crags, along the top of which there is another track that leads almost to the TP. Easier than tramping through the heather (which is how I went up). | JohnR | 13/09/2021 |
| Parked near a gate at NY 79711 51366 on the high road. Then gate onto the moor and up over the crags. Followed a path along the edge to a cairn, then east to the summit. Returned much the same way, but west of the crags. 1.7km, with 50m of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 02/08/2021 |
| 4th Dodd of the day. Quickly up and down from verge parking. Quite windy. | NormanW | 09/06/2021 |
| 5/5 Dewey Day. A medley of 5 Deweys on the north side of Weardale from nearby roads: Collier Law, Horseshoe Hill, Bolts Law, Dry Rigg, Brownley Hill. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 17/05/2021 |
| Roadside verge parking, E side road by a field gate (NY 7969 5101). Direct over heather moorland. On to Black Hill to N. | jonglew | 04/05/2021 |
| As WAYNE ROWLETT. Parking at 796510. | PGCE | 08/12/2020 |
| Parked on the grass verge by the gate down from a break in the crags, walked up a track onto the crags around to a cairn where then you can see the trig, returned the same way. Twenty five minutes for the one mile. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 06/06/2020 |
| Parked at cattle-grid to the west of hill on (Thornley Gate to Coalcleugh) minor road | RobB | 24/01/2020 |
| 4/4 from highpoint A686 - windy, dry - picked way across mOor by ROW (more evident on map than ground - skies cleared and temp dropped - got back along roads | wychwood | 23/12/2019 |
| Walked up past the chimneys and along the road to this one to make a decent walk out of it. Snow on the high ground today. | Walker Dan | 17/12/2019 |
| Solo on way back from Richmond, no cattle grid now. From road verge parking direct up through gate shortest distance | nordicstar | 08/07/2019 |
| From Haggs Bank campsite in Nentsberry over Wellhope Moor to Carrshield. Along road to gate near cattle grid and direct line to summit. Returned same way about 12 miles. | dgresty | 22/06/2019 |
| Brownley Hill from GR: NY 79692 50963 | ronaldo333 | 08/06/2019 |
| Brownley Hill from GR: NY 79692 50963 | Hippster | 08/06/2019 |
| A quick late afternoon walk with my daughter (7) to bag what is probably Northumberland's easier Dewey. Parked near the cattle grid and then went up by the nearby gate in a more or less straight line to the top via the stone cairn (false summit). Sun was just setting as we came back down. Cold and windy. | NorthernWayfarer | 26/12/2018 |
| Solo. Easy walk over Access Land from Dryburn Bridge. | Dangerous Dave | 19/11/2017 |
| From roadside (as previous logs) up and down in trainers on a glorious cold day. | SS | 12/11/2017 |
| Parked on grass verge by the gate on W. side of minor road at NY 79762 50421 Through the gate on the opposite side of road & then a short walk across sheep pasture & short heather to the summit rock (PM) | gerrybowes | 18/07/2017 |
| Parked close to a gate on the west side. A 20 minute walk with GB. Great views. | bolton | 18/07/2017 |
| Easy up from road to west. | Alan Caine | 03/06/2017 |
| KJF A quick visit from gate near the FP sign on the moor road. Dry conditions made this easy following a quad bike track up to the stone bank; along to the main cairn and then a narrow trod to the trig. The scruffy building by the tarn looks a bit like a shipwrecked boat. | crazy | 31/05/2017 |
| Approached from NW. | ger | 01/11/2016 |
| Roadside parking by gateway, easy access on rough tracks. | rhalstead | 25/03/2016 |
| Galltywenallt | 04/12/2015 | |
| Parked by the cattle grid past Carrshield. Decided to lengthen a short there and back walk . Dropped down to the River West Allen using PROWs and a minor road. Up the other side for a short distance and onto a minor road for a short distance to the right. Back to the original road using field paths and again crossing the stream and the road (one barbed wire fence. No style). Through a gate onto moor and up to top of Brownley Hill. Easy to find trig point but then it was clear. Back down to car. Pleasant but contrived. | MikeM | 26/06/2015 |
| Definitely NOT a hill to do in thick mist, without a GPS. Couldn't see any distance in front at all. Took 2 hours from the road, most of which was spent looking for the trig! | moorsman | 18/09/2014 |
| An easy climb from the road to the West, just a mile round trip including a visit to a small tarn near the summit | Fisky Boy | 04/05/2014 |
| With Fisky Boy | Brenda Cloke | 04/05/2014 |
| From road to W, crossing low gritstone escarpment. Highest point is rock not far from trig. | Aye Jimmy | 31/08/2013 |
| From grass verge on minor road at NY 79723 50543 (485m) No path but easy bag! | David Gradwell | 26/07/2013 |
| Easy parking on side of the road to SW. | destaylor | 03/05/2013 |
| From road to west then headed south-east to Knockshield Moor | Crib Goch | 11/11/2012 |
| Allendale Town to Sinderhope. Pretty good going along the ridge from the chimneys over fairly trackless terrain until Isaac's Tea Trail, which was rather mucky. | Smudge | 18/11/2011 |
| Early Morning bag, fairly easy from road. | Jhimmy | 19/03/2011 |
| easy from road - scar is better than the trig top | gigglejon | 24/04/2010 |
| From the north where ther is a parking space but very wet to the top | peebs | 17/03/2010 |
| Trig revisit: A couple of vociferous BH Gulls on the summit pool. The low gritstone edge an attractive feature. Simple access from NW: verge parking. | RHW | 03/08/2008 |
| Solo early sunny am. drive and quick bag trip from simple grade Ninebanks youth hostel (since closed?) where we were staying for 2 nights inbetween a visit to Mowden Hall School. Date approx - year right | Chris Pearson | 23/04/2005 |
| attractive low gritstone edge NW side, flat boggy summit. road 787507 | RHW | 11/11/2000 |
| On the East side of the West Allen valley. Hard to find in thick mist with sheep looming out of it. | andy | 02/03/1996 |
| interloper | 06/01/2024 | |
| Fletch | 06/01/2024 | |
| davefh | 23/06/2023 |